Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1930.
Excavations Vere Gordon Childe completes excavations at Skara Brae (begun in 1927). John Garstang begins excavations at Jericho (continue to 1936). Francis Llewellyn Griffith excavates at Kawa (Sudan). Flinders Petrie begins excavations at Tall al-Ajjul (continue to 1934).
Finds August 5 - Remains of S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 discovered. First fragments from an ancient boat harbour found on the bank of the Suojoki river in central Finland (one boat from site later dated to 13th century).
Publications Aleš Hrdlička - The Skeletal Remains of Early Man.
Miscellaneous September 11 - Max Mallowan marries Agatha Christie. Max von Oppenheim opens a private museum of his Near Eastern archaeological finds in Berlin. Edwin Smith Papyrus first translated.
Births March 25 - John M. Coles, English prehistorian (d. 2020) June 13 - Paul Veyne, French Roman archaeologist, historian September 23 - Edda Bresciani, Italian Egyptologist (d. 2020)
See also List of years in archaeology 1929 in archaeology 1931 in archaeology
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